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center beams of the roll, said binding-strips showing thepractical'application of my in- UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

eesr AVAILABLE con TROUSERS- CREASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 785,798, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed September 14, 1904. Serial No. 224,416.

T0 all wil/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH I-I. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at National Soldiers Home, in the county of Elizabeth Oity andState of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Trousers-Oreaser, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of trousers creaser andshaper, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, andefeient device of such construction that it can be easily carried in atrunk or valise either in use or out of use. g

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich shall also serve as a receptacle for small toilet articles.

With these objects in view my invention consists, essentially, in theemployment of a roll having pins projecting centrally from the oppositeends thereof and a plurality of binding-strips adjustably connected withthe being adapted to securely hold the trousers when rolled about theroll, thereby imparting a crease to the front and back of the trousers.

The invention consists also in making' the roll hollow and providing thesame with a removable cap, so that said roll can be utilized forcarrying small toilet articles, such as tooth-brushes and shavingappliances.

The invention consists also in making the binding-strips easilydetachable as well as adjustable.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is aperspective view vention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of ahollow roll. Eig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one of the binding-strii', and Fig. 5 is' a detailperspective view of one of the plates lfor connecting the end of thebindingstrip to the center pin ofthe roll.

In carrying out'my invention I .employa cylindrical roll A, preferablyhollow and made of metal, closed'at one end, as shown at A', andprovided with a removable cap-piece A2 at the opposite end. The roll isreduced in diameter intermediate its ends, as most clearly shown at A,in order to accommodate the seams of the trousers when rolled upon theroll. Pins B project outwardly from the center of each end of the rolland to which are ad justably and detachably connected the binding-stripsO, which serve to hold the trousers in position after they have beetightly rolled upon the roller.

Any desired number of bindingestrips may be employed; but at least twowill be necessaryone to secure the bottom of the trousers to the rollbefore the trousers are rolled thereon and the other for securing thetop portion of the trousers after the legs have been rolled severaltimes around the roller. Each binding-strip O is curved, as shown, inorder to conform to the curve imparted to the trousers, thereby avoidingproducing a transverse ridge in the trousers. Each bindingstrip C has anarm C' integral with one end and bent at a right angle to the strip,said arm having a plurality of perforations C2, through which the centerpin B is adapted to pass, and by selecting the proper perforation thedistance of the binding-strip from the roll can be regulated. Theopposite end of the binding-strip is provided with a finger C, which isadapted to pass through a perforation D, produced at the end of theplate D, of substantially the same size as the arm C', said plate havinga plurality of perforations l)2 produced adjacent the opposite end andwhich are adapted to be engaged by the other center pin B, as mostclearly shown in Fig. 1, thereby completing the connection between thebinding-strips and the ends of the roll.

As before stated, the bottom of the trousers is secured to the roll bymeans of one of the strips, and the trousers are then rolled severaltimes around the roller and secured by means of the other binding-strip,and after being so rolled they can be packed away in the trunk orvalise, or-they may be left out over night, or even a few hours willsuffice to impart a pronounced or decided crease to' the front and backof the trousers, and by reducing the roll intermediate its ends allstrain or IOO pressure upon the seam of the trousers is l detachnblyendedjustably connected Wtlrthe avoided. By making the roll hollow andproviding it with a detachable cap-piece it forms a convenientreceptacle for the smaller toilet articles, such es tooth-brushes,shaving appliances, and thelike. The cap-piece may, ii' desired, beperforated to permit entrance of air into the receptacle to prevent thesoap from becoming musty.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a trousers-creaser, a roll and a plurality of binding-stripsconnected to the ends ot' said roll.

2. A trousersfcreaser comprising a cylindrical roll, and a plurality ofbinding-strips detachebly connected to the ends of the roll.

3. A trousers-creaser, comprising e cylindrical roll and a plurality ofbinding-strips ends ol' the roll.

JL. A trousers-creuser comprising a cylindrical roll provided with a pinat ench end, binding-strips having a perforated arm et one end and :tfinger at the opposite end, and plates provided with perforetions as setforth.

A trousers-creuser comprising e hollow cylindrical-l roll, provided withpins nt its opposite ends, sind roll having u, detachable enppiece, thebinding-strip having :i perforated arm at one end, and :i linger nt theopposite end, end a plate having e, plurality of perforations adjacentone end and n single perforation ut the opposite ends, substantially nsdescribed.

J OSEPH lvl'. BRADLEY. lVitnesses:

WILLiAM H. Mos'n SAMUEL R. TUIRZZANI.

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